Towel cabinet



Jan. 13,\1931.

F. (M. STEINERA TowEL/ CABINET Fied Jan. 3. 1928 /f/G/lA .52mm/0r FRAN/f M STE/NER fm ing the exposed Aportionof the web Patented Jan. 1:5,l 1931 euNrrEDSTA-Tas ,naam i FRANK iu. STEINERQOF MiivNnArcLis, MINNESOTA, Asistencia v'ro s'rniNER sALEs coivr- PANY, or senr LAKE crrY., UTAH, A conronAT'ioN or UTAH' TOWEL CABINET Application ledilanuaryi, 1928. Ser1a1 No.v 244,222.

Y My invention relates to cabinets for delivering or dispensing a supply of cleanV towel tousers, andthe object of the inven-V cabinet :without the necessity of using `an,

openingat the back of the cabinet` or nioving the cabinet away from the wall to prof vide access to suchan opening. n p A further object is to provide a vcabinet so'constructed` that a loo-p ofl cleantowel ready' to use 'can be conveniently formed inv loading; the cabinet without the necessity of Vdragging the towel web over .the sanded i5 delivery roll.. i'

, A further object is to provide a to-wel cabinet that is adapted for the insertion of the clean supply of towel into the cabinet@ and the'removal of thesoiledportion thereof by an attendant standing in. one position infront of the cabinet.

A further object isto provide' a simple.

form of cabinet which will-be economical -to build and of .such-'construction that will be impossible for a user or a malicious vor mischievous person toraise `tlieweb out lof contact with the delivery roll Vandf pull a long `strip of`towel out of the ycabinet.

Other objects of the invention will ap pear'from'the following detailed description in the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1'v 's a vertical sectional view through the towel cabinet embodying my invention; Y

Figure 2 is za' side' view of the upper pornr (n) tion of the cabinet showing the driving connection between the delivery and takeup .feed rolls; D Figure 3 is a partial front elevation showl to the user offthe towel. o

In the drawing, @represents the/bottom f ofthe cabinet having suitable supporting legs 3; 4 the'r'ear wall thereof-15 the -side i .4?" 'walls'and 6 an opening at vthe front'of the cabinet nearthe top through wfhicbjaccess i may `be had to .the-:clean web lof tQweLjj-Z represents av front panel at Athe base ofthe cabinet; Sla suitable door through l @o access maybe had tothe base, and near this tion `of the cabinet.

accessible door at the top I prefer to provide anti/f Y friction roll 9 for contact with the-towel web to aid in directing it from the using' top lof the'cabinet at `the piste ioexiending'tmsvereeiy betweenythe side walls and closing the upperrear pory v vTofthis plateadoor llilis connected,I preferably by suitable hinges.` This door ezltendsvforwardly from the .platez substantially in the plane thereof and has a downwardly turned panelportion 12 that is inclined with respect tojfthe front wall of the cabinet and is .adapted to supe port a suitable Vmiri-or 13 lin position where it may be easilyviewedbythe personstanding in. front of.. the cabinet. preferably forms a downward continuation ofthe panel12z and is equippedwith a suit-v able loclz Vdevice/15bymeans of whichthe door may begsecuredfand access-to the cabinet through;theltopfthereof prevented.' i A suitable shelf..v 116 is` preferably provided within the cabinets-to supporta supply Aof clean towel '17,. andA a Ydelivery feed roll 18 is mounted inthe side walls of the cabinet-y above the shelf 16Y and 'overgthis feed roll the web-fof clean towelk isstretched, the rolly being located preferably neargtlie opening 6,-with s uiiicient spacebetween the roll and theplate. l0 to allowjtheconvenient inser- A flange 141 ofthe cabinetLwill-be exposed'an'dtlie supplyof-:towel canbe easily and quicklyin-v sert'ed and dropped upon. the shelf V16 from whence theclean' web may be stretched over the delivery roll 18.v y g f As shownin Figurel-,-l may provide an opening 6&3 in the uppergrear'portion of the cabinet throughwhich access in ayfbe had to theclean towelcoinpartinent-if desired. l This opening normally will -be Vconcealed whenVVV f t-he cabinet stands Vagainst thejwall :butjis accessible when the cabinet drawn olit-l Generally, however,. prefer to use the ,doorv Dpenng in thsor. 915th@ Cabinet for access i to the cleanV towel compartment as the use of tlnsdoor will make it. unnecessary to move the cabinet preliminary to the loading opera- Vsmooth and even andv can" `be easily: 'draw-n out through theopening to a. using position by a 'person standing'lu front of. the cabinet.

p I prefera-lso to* provide af guardpla-te 20V ektendingifroxn theforwar'd'edge of the shelf'V 1 lliupwardly' to a" point near the' delivery roll, b this guardA plate normally concealing the supplyI of clean VtowelV yand preventing' direct ac ces's'thereto by a-'p'erson standing in front of the' cabinet opening.

`The sidewalls ofthe Vcabinet belowrthe operiing'have guides-Qltherein to receivethe bearingsof a. takeup roll 912 thatmay be easily insert-ed into 'the guides or witli'drawnftherefrom',and atakeup'feed roll 28 corresponding to the delivery roll 18 is lnounte'din bear- L ingsin the side" walls'of the cabinetandlias' .asprock'et chain drive connectionfQ-lfbet'w'een' 1 the sprocket wheels 25 and26 mounted respectively on the shafts ofthe co-lls12i3" andl 18.' -Tlresedeliveryand talieup'feedrollslwillj have suitable roughened surfaces'for-' gripthe` towelweb and will" revolve 1n 'the same direction as indicated by the arro'w's'in- Figure 1 andthe webofgtowel on the roll 22 contacting Wahine-.ron Q'Sgwnrbe Warme' in the opposite directiontofwind tliefvvb on the roll.' A Ashelf' 27 is* preferably providedg below and near the'roll 23 to prevent the/per-y -s'on stretching the. towel web in the cabinet from passing'V this web up in tlierear'of' the of the 'c'ffrbinet u roll `As illustrated l4`i`3ureI 1, this soiled web should be stretched to the takeup roll' 22 infront of theroll-, an;operationV which can be easily performedwhen the door 8 is I prefer also to provide ap'ullback device comprising aiin's 28 pivoted Vat 29'fand hafvinpf a roll'301aikiund"v which the web of toivel is passed.Y 'Vs'l'ientlic user pulls on the clean we ,ft ispull-b'elr device will be rz'i-ise'df'to f are' psima'indieafaby' @rou-ea une. in

ure land then when the'lufser releases the' towel web, the weight of the pull-baclr'device will draw the web `within the cabinet to the position indi'c'tedbyfull lines in ure 1, and with the' revolution of the ro'll 23 acertzfin length of `t-hersoiled Web .Wi'l-lbe wound up Von the roll 22V with each operation VAs indicated iii Figure, Iprovide a stop device 31 wliic'hla's'the fu'ctio'n of limiting Y themoveinent of the roll 18 to one revolution,

it being necessary for the user to release the Vstop device each timel a length of towel is to be drawn out of the cabinet. i

In using the device, a person standing in front' of the cabinet will trip the l'ock device, their gra'sp'tlie towel web and draw "outwardly anddownwardly thereon,v a suificient length of towel being delivered with one revolution yofL theroll.'A18-dor wipingv purposes. 'Iliis revolution of tlieroll18" will impart a correspongd-ing movement to the roll andwind up the loose web in the lower portion of the cabinet,raising-thefpull-back device to the position shown by dottedlines. Then when tl'ie'web ofl toweliis released bythe user, the

weight of the pull-bach; will' 'draw the" towel'I partially into; the"cabinet where iti will beconceale'dl and incorspicuous. A

VFrom the foregoingdesfcripti'onfandf examination of the drawings itiwill be noted that in loading the cabinet-'withfthe clean towel th'eatte'ndant can" withthisfstruicture very conveniently formj` the desired loop of Cleantow'el for the user the front of the cabinet without the necessityof dragging? the towel web* verthe rough-:surfaced delivery rolland therefore solneflittle'timef may bci savedinthe opera-tion ofloading thecabinetv and adjusting the clean web. Furthermore', whenthe clean towel is in placeand the" door closed at the top of the cabinet itwill not befpossible' for a personv standing in"Y front of the cabinet; to'raise' the; clean web out of contact'iwithl the roll anddrag any considerabl'e portion out of the` cabinet. The position` of t'hedooi'issuch that the' raising of the tvell web out of contact with the rollwill be practically impossible' andthe only. way

a'pe'rson in front offthefcabinet"can obt'ain- J alength of clean towel will be by- .therevolution of the delivery feed rolland this rcvolu-.

tionv will' 'of' course ben governed as: usuafliny cabinetsof this type by la suitablev time mechanism." In various ways the details of con struction herein disclosed and described may my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A towel. cabinethavingfan opening" in l thel top thereof through which-a supplygol clean towel may belinsert'ed into. the cabinet,

adoor normally closing said opening, the

front of the cabinet having an opening in its upper portion throhgh which the clean towel f may be drawn and a .door for clos-ing only the VVbe modified and still befwithin the scope of lower partof'the opening, a feedr-ollginthe 'cabinet in the rea-r of the upperportionefsaid opening,- a'slielf in the uplerfportion off-the cabinet to receive aY cleanftowel Vsupply said shelf having at its outer end a guard extending upwardly .from said shelfapproximately to said feed roll vto separateA the clean yportion of tlretowel from the soiled portion, f

and a-f-takeup Vroll below said-opening. exe:

- is opened, said take up vroll being posed for loading the cabinet when said door gearedto said feed roll.

2. A towel cabinet comprising a shelf to support a supply of towel, a door above the shelf openable upwardly to expose the towel supply, a feed roll above the shelf, and a guai-d extending from the shelf practically to the feed roll, the cabinet having an open- In witness whereof, I have hereunto 'eet my hand this 28th day of December, 1927. FRANK M. STEINER. 

